1. What function is performed by ligaments? -Ligaments keep the bones held in place and supports the limbs. What is the function of a tendon? -Tendons connect the muscles to the bones. 2. What is more proximal, the insertion or the origin for the attachment of the muscles in the chicken wing? -Origin is proximal to insertion. 3. What tissue is referred to when one speaks of the “meat” of the chicken? -The connective tissue or the muscle tissue is the meat of the chicken. 4. Name the two main types of movement that occur when a wing is raised and lowered in flight. -The wing extends out and then is pulled back in. 5. What bone in the wing is connected to the chicken’s body at the shoulder? -The Humerus which is the upper wing bone connects the body to the shoulder. 6. Name the two bones found in the forearm of the wing. 7. What type of joint connects the wing to the body? ___ 8. What type of joint moves the wing at the elbow? 9. The muscle you observed is classified as what type of muscle tissue
What is the function of a tendon? -Tendons connect the muscles to the bones.
2. What is more proximal, the insertion or the origin for the attachment of the muscles in the chicken wing? -Origin is proximal to insertion.
3. What tissue is referred to when one speaks of the “meat” of the chicken? -The connective tissue or the muscle tissue is the meat of the chicken.
4. Name the two main types of movement that occur when a wing is raised and lowered in flight. -The wing extends out and then is pulled back in.
5. What bone in the wing is connected to the chicken’s body at the shoulder? -The Humerus which is the upper wing bone connects the body to the shoulder.
6. Name the two bones found in the forearm of the wing.
7. What type of joint connects the wing to the body? ___
8. What type of joint moves the wing at the elbow?
9. The muscle you observed is classified as what type of muscle tissue